Cake drier



N0V 6, 1934. P. A. JANSSENS 1,979,940

CAKE DRIER Original Filed Sept. 16. 1932 3\` U Q0@ 0G90@ Q Q @@@QQ 0 Q QQ 341i Q 0 OSG@ 0 0 Q Q 0 *l-l; SSS-S-SSSSS T f @@@QSQQQQG 2//SQSQQSQQQQO @@GQQQOSQSQQG@ Patented Nov. S, @g4

CAKE DRIER Peter A. `l'anssens, Chicago, Ill.

@riginal application September 16, 1932, Serial No. 633,529. Divided andthis application February 1, 1934, Serial No. 709,364

12 Claims.

My invention relates to an improvement in cooking devices and is shownin connection with an improvement in cake coolers. One object is theprovision of a cooking container for a cake which shall be particularlyefficient in cooking the cake. Another object is the provision of a cakecooking utensil which shall be effective to permit ready and efficientcooling of the lower part of the cake. Other objects will appear fromtime to time in the course of the specification and claims.

The present application is a division of my application No. 633,529 fora Cake drier, filed September 16, 1932.

I illustrate my invention more or less diagrammatically in theaccompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 is a top plan View;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a detail section showing parts removed from the pan andseparated.

Like parts are indicated by like symbols throughout the specication anddrawing.

Referring to the drawing, I illustrate a solid Y fiat bottom rectangularpan having side members A and a s olid bottom member A1, which isillustrated with upward projections A2. Superposed on the bottom memberA1 is the false bottom A3 provided with apertures A4 which are adaptedto receive the projections A2. In order to raise and lower this upper orfalse bottom, I provide lifting elements B each with a lower horizontalportion B1 and an upper outwardly extending portion B2. The portions B2may be positioned at such a height above the false bottom A3 as topermit the false bottom to rest in the position in which it is shown inFigure 2. The lifting member B may have its horizontal lower portions B1slotted or apertured as at B3 to receive studs B4 which are positionedupon or project upwardly fromV the false bottom A3. The user, when thefalse bottom is lifted, can readily free the lifting members B from thefalse bottom and from the cake. Note that the members B fit intoindentations B10 in the sides A of the pan, whereby they do not affector mar the shape of the cake.

It will be realized that whereas I have described and shown a practicaland operative device, nevertheless many changes might be made vin thesize, shape, number and disposition of parts without departing from thespirit of my invention. I therefore wish my description and drawing tobe taken as in a broad sense illustrative and diagrammatic rather thanas limiting me to my speciiic showing.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows:

In baking a cake, it is desirable, of course, that the bottom and sidesof the cake be subjected directly to the metal of the pan so that theheat from whatever source is employed will readily penetrate the pan andreach the cake. However, it is also important to be able readily toremove the cake from the pan without the necessity of cutting the cakeout of the pan and without the necessity of employing oil paper or someequivalent material for preventing the adhesion of the cake to thebottom of the pan. It is, of course, easy to separate the top of thecake from the side of the pan, as by the employment of a knife or blade.

My invention solves the problem of separating the bottom of the cakefrom the pan.

In operation, the false bottom A3 is inserted in the position in whichit is shown in Figure 2 and the lifting device B is applied to it. Thepan is then iilled in the usual manner and the cake baked. After thecake has been removed from the oven and the cook wishes to remove thecake from the pan, she has only to loosen the sides of the cake from thepan and then lift the false bottom with the cake on it. The cake canthen be placed upon any suitable support or surface and the liftingmembers B are readily removed by simply sliding them laterally frombeneath the cake. The bottom portions B1 of the lifting members and, ofcourse, the studs with which they interpenetrate, will cause anindentation in the bottom ofthe cake but this will not be apparent ordamaging because it is on the cake bottom. The members B or the portionsB2 will not affect the shape of the cake because, as is clear fromFigure 1, they seat in concavity in the pan.

In order to support the perforated false bottom clear of any supportingsurface upon which it is positioned, I provide ears or lugs C at eachcorner thereof which may penetrate through apertures C1 in the bottom A1when the parts are in the position in which they are shown in Figure 2.In order to hold the bottom A1 and the false bottoms A3 in contact, Iprovide supports C10 which may be, for example, at the corners of themain outer pan A or its bottom A1. Thus, the cake, still in position onthe false bottom, may be lifted from the pan and placed upon anysuitable supporting surface and the member C will space the false bottomupwardly from the supporting surface and permit the access of air to thebottom of the cake.

I claim:

1. In a cake drier, a circumferential side member and a compound bottommember, said bottom member including an upper portion provided with aplurality of apertures and a lower portion provided with projectionspenetrating said apertures, said lower portion being permanentlyattached to the side member, said upper portion being readily removableupwardly from the lower portion.

2. In a cake drier, a side pan element, and a compound bottom therefor,said bottom including a member provided with a plurality of aperturesand a member including interpenetrating portions filling and closingsaid apertures, and means for separating the two members of saidcompound bottom.

3. In a cake drier, a side pan element, and a compound bottom therefor,said bottom including a member provided with a plurality of aperturesand a member including interpenetrating portions filling and closingsaid apertures, and means for separating the two members of saidcompound bottom, said means being associated with the cake drier.

4. In a cake drier, a circumferential side member and a compound bottomtherefor, said bottom including an element provided with a plurality ofapertures, and an element including interpenetrating portions fillingand closing said apertures, and means for separating the two elements ofsaid compound bottom member, said separating means being associated withthe cake drier.

5. In a cake drier, a side member and a compound bottom therefor, saidbottom including an element provided with a plurality of apertures andan element including interpenetrating portions lling and closing saidapertures, and means for separating the two elements of said compoundmember, said means being removably associated with one of said elements.Y

6. In a cake drier, a side member and a compound bottom therefor, saidbottom including an element provided with a plurality of apertures andan element including interpenetrating portions lling and closing saidapertures, and means for separating the two elements of said compoundmember, said means being removably associated with one of said elements,and extending upwardly therefrom to a level above the upper edge of theside member.

7. In a cake drier, a side member and a. compound bottom therefor, saidbottom including an element provided with a plurality of apertures andan element including interpenetrating portions filling and closing saidapertures, and means for separating the two elements of said compoundmember, said means being removably associated with one of said elementsand extending upwardly therefrom to a level above the upper edge of theside member, and outward handle extensions therefor extending outwardlyabove and beyond the side member.

8. In a cake drier, a side member and a compound bottom therefor, saidbottom including an element provided with a plurality of apertures andan element including interpenetrating portions lling and closing saidapertures, and means for separating the two elements of said compoundmember, said means being removably associated with one of said elementsand including portions extending upwardly along the inner face of theside member, the side member being indented to receive it.

9. In a cake drier, a side member and a compound bottom therefor, saidbottom including an element provided with a plurality of apertures andan element including interpenetrating portions lling and closing saidapertures, and means for separating the two elements of said compoundmember, said means being removably associated with one of said elementsand including a portion extending beneath the cake.

10. In a cake drier, a circumferential side member and a compound bottommember, said bottom member including an upper portion provided with aplurality of apertures and a lower portion provided with projectionspenetrating said apertures, said lower portion being permanentlyattached tothe side member, said upper portion being readily removableupwardly from the lower portion, said upper portion being provided withadditional spacing members adapted to space it above whatever supportingsurface it is positioned upon.

l1. In a cake drier, a circumferential side member and a compound bottommember, said bottom member including an upper portion provided with aplurality of apertures and a lower portion provided with projectionspenetrating said apertures, said lower portion being permanentlyattached to the side member, said upper portion being readily removableupwardly from the lower portion, said upper portion being provided withadditional spacingmembers adapted to space it above whatever supportingsurface it is positioned upon, the lower portion being apertured topermit the penetration therethrough.

12. In a cake drier, a circumferential side member and a compound bottommember, said bottom member including an upper portion provided with aplurality of apertures and a lower portion provided with projectionspenetrating said apertures, said lower portion being permanentlyattached to the side member, said upper portion being readily removableupwardly from the lower portion, said upper portion being provided withadditional spacing members adapted to space it above whatever supportingsurface it is positioned upon, said lower portion being provided withspacing means of sufficient height to permit the `upper and lowerportions vto abut and interpenetrate when the two are nested together.

PETERD A. JANSSENS.

